It does look like the only way out of French Polynesia the night of the 14th and over the course of the 15th is back to Los Angeles or onwards via the Cook Islands to Auckland (in concurrence with Kandace)!

It does look like the only way out of French Polynesia the night of the 14th and over the course of the 15th is back to Los Angeles or onwards via the Cook Islands to Auckland (in concurrence with Kandace)!

Am I missing something here? Like when were teams spotted in LAX that leads to the conclusion they are on their way to Tahiti? I would expect Tahiti to be the last leg of a west-to-east race instead of the first leg of an east-to-west race.

Apskip, you are missing a thread or two. I spotted them at LAX and heard them say they are going to Tahiti and saw half of them lined up to buy tickets to Papeete from Air Tahiti Nui and saw half of them buying tickets at Air France.

Tahiti is in the same time zone as Hawaii, two hours behind the Pacific time zone and one hour ahead of where Tonga, Fiji and American Samoa lie. Any westward flight out past those 3 islands will cross the International Date Line and result in the immediate addition of one day to the clock.

A traveler crossing the International Date Line eastbound subtracts one day, or 24 hours, so that the calendar date to the west of the line is repeated. Crossing the IDL westbound results in 24 hours being added, advancing the calendar date by one day.

A traveler crossing the International Date Line eastbound subtracts one day, or 24 hours, so that the calendar date to the west of the line is repeated. Crossing the IDL westbound results in 24 hours being added, advancing the calendar date by one day.

So that furthers the Japan/NZ Leg 2 idea, lol.

So they will be in Japan/NZ on 16th November local time? I am a little confused here.

13 Nov: Los Angeles, evening flight to Tahiti14 Nov: Arrive Tahiti in the morning, have a leg, Pit Stop15 Nov: Sit around waiting for flights, then fly out in the afternoon16 Nov: BAM! Disappears due to the Intl Dateline17 Nov: Arrive in Auckland in the morning (and onwards to another flight if need be)

Japan doesn't work unless they waste an extra day in Tahiti.

Could a savvy team figure this out and try to book tickets to Auckland during Leg 1 with their credit card?

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If they are flying straight to Bora Bora, they likely split up the teams on either of the first 3 flights.

Then Bora Bora has no international flights, so they are to fly back to Tahiti to fly out to the next leg. I'll just go with the 5PM Flights•Air Tahiti 411 DEP 5:25PM ARR 6:15PM•Air Tahiti 480 DEP 5:50PM ARR 6:40PM•Air Tahiti 305 DEP 7:05PM ARR 7:50PM

Which works just fine for the speculated production(or teams?) flight that connects in Cook Islands leaving the 15th

Interesting to note how to get to Bora Bora mainland from wiki travel...The airport is located on a small motu (islet) north of the main island. Transfer to the main island or to accommodations located on other motus is done by boat. The major accommodations have counters at the airport. For the accommodations located on the main island, you will need to take the (free) ferry to Vaitape. From there, small buses will usually pick you up. Air Tahiti operates a free shuttle boat transfer from the airport to the main village, Vaitape, by "Bora Bora Navette".

I wonder if they'll check in to the Pit Stop at Bora Bora and get transferred back to Papeete for the next leg?

Leaving Bora Bora on the evening of the 14th gets them into Auckland at 8.50pm on the 16th. Leaving the next evening, on the 15th, gets them in at 6.55am on the 17th. There are no exit options between these two.

Bora Bora leg takes place 14 Nov. Unless Phil has his own yacht he isn't going to make the flight via Noumea to Sydney.

Option 1Earliest escape option for PhilIf teams are to take this, they would have to fly back to Papeete before the next leg startsVT 305 from Bora Bora to Papeete: 14 1905-14 1955Very long layoverVT 35 from Papeete to Rarotonga: 15 1220-15 1450NZ 45 from Rarotonga to Auckland: 15 1730-16 2050

Option 2Involves a very long wait in Bora BoraArrives in New Zealand at the right time to start a legVT 404 from Bora Bora to Papeete: 15 1845-15 1935NZ 41 from Papeete to Auckland: 16 0200-17 0655

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If New Zealand is just one leg, I have a good feeling we might be able to catch Phil at Christchurch Airport tomorrow morning within a very narrow time range!

Here are the flights that Phil can take from Christchurch to Australia that give him some time to do stand-ups on 19 Nov:Melbourne departs at 6.30am.Brisbane departs at 6.30am.Sydney departs at 6.35am and 7.00am.Adelaide (via Auckland) departs at 6.00am.

The next direct flight arrives in Australia a little on the late side (around 4pm) for stand-ups. And if there are directs there's no good reason Phil would want to go through Auckland!

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